Jim Schnur, associate librarian for Special Collections at the USF St. Petersburg Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, received the 2013 Award of Excellence from the Society of Florida Archivists May 9 at the organization’s 30th annual meeting in Tallahassee. Schnur was recognized “for years of dedication to the archival profession in Florida and outstanding contribution to the preservation of Florida’s documentary … Continue reading
Faculty Highlights
English professor awarded eminent scholar chair at Auburn University
Associate Professor of English Thomas Hallock, Ph.D. | Student Photo by Aaron Alper, '12.
USF St. Petersburg Associate Professor of English Thomas Hallock, Ph.D., has been named the Daniel F. Breeden Eminent Scholar Chair in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University for Fall 2013. The chair was created in 1989 to provide support for both academic and outreach missions and is awarded to a nationally recognized scholar with outstanding credentials in the … Continue reading
Environmental Science professor invited to China climate change conference
Joseph M. 'Donny' Smoak, Ph.D, in the Everglades.
Joseph M. “Donny” Smoak, Ph.D., associate professor of Environmental Science, is among a handful of U.S. scientists invited to present at a climate change conference in China next month. Nanchang University will cover travel expenses for Smoak to make a one-hour presentation at the International Workshop on Global Change and Aquatic Ecosystems, May 27-29. Smoak recently was awarded a National … Continue reading
Two Graphic Design Program students place first, second in printmaking competition
Visiting Graphic Design Instructor Erika Greenberg-Schneider with James Foster (left) and Sierra Schneider (right).
Two USF St. Petersburg Graphic Design Program students were honored recently by the local chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters at its annual Career Awards program at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater. Sierra Schneider of New Port Richey won first place and $3,000 and James Foster of St. Petersburg won second place and $2,000 in a competition … Continue reading
Art history professor wins prestigious Rome Prize
Sheramy Bundrick, Ph.D.
USF St. Petersburg Associate Professor of Art History Sheramy D. Bundrick, Ph.D., has won a prestigious Rome Prize, a fellowship that will allow her to pursue advanced research next year in the ancient city. Recipients of Rome Prizes, awarded annually through a competitive process by the American Academy in Rome, stay at an 11-acre campus in the heart of the … Continue reading